王强口语 第二册 Dialogue Completion 018B

　　Lesson Eighteen
听力部分
Dialogue Completion: Listen to the tape repeatedly¹ and try to complete the following dialogues, using the exact² words or phrases³ that you hear on the tape.
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Truman: Maybe I'm losing _________ but it ______________ the _____ world ___________________ me somehow⁴.
Marlon: It's ______________ for one man, Truman. Sure that's _________________? You're wishing ____________ something more _______ yourself? Come on, Truman, who _________ in the john and had an __________ interview on 'Seahaven Tonight'? Who _____________ to be __________?
Truman: This is different. Everybody seems to be _______.
Marlon: I've been your best friend since we were _______________, Truman. ___________ you and I ever ____________________ was ___________ each other's _________. They were _________. But I always __________ knowing that, 'cause whatever the answer was, we were _____ together, and we were ______ together. Remember that time I ________ with you ____________ in your ____, because you wanted to play north pole⁵? And I got pneumonia⁶? You remember that?
Truman: You were ____ school for __________.
Marlon: You're the _______ thing I _______ to a brother, Truman. I know that things haven't really ________________ for __________ like we _____ dream they would. I know that feeling when it's like everything is __________ and you don't want to believe it so you ____________ ___ answers somewhere else.
Producer: But __________, I'd _______ walk ___________ traffic for you.
Marlon: The point is, I would gladly ____ in front of traffic for you, Truman.
Producer: And ________________ I'd ever do is ___ to you.
Marlon: And _____________ that I would ever do is lie to you. I mean think about it, Truman: if everybody is _________, I'd have to be ________ too.

1 repeatedly   

adv.重复地，再三地

参考例句：

• The loudspeakers blared the speech repeatedly.扬声器里反复大声地播送那篇演讲。
• He repeatedly beat his foot upon the floor.他反复用脚敲着地板。

2 exact   

adj.确切的，正确的；准确的，精确的；vt.强要，强求；急需，需要

参考例句：

• I need to know the exact size.我需要知道确切的尺寸。
• Do you know the exact date?你知道确切日期吗？

3 phrases   

n.短语( phrase的名词复数 )；成语；说法；乐句

参考例句：

• Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 体育解说员翻来覆去说着同样的词语，真叫人腻烦。
• Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话，令人厌烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 somehow   

adv.以某种方式，不知怎么搞地

参考例句：

• Somehow,I never got the chance to learn.不知怎么的，我从来都没有学的机会。
• But somehow,he got out.He's alive.可不知怎么的，他还活着出来了。

5 pole   

n.极点，磁极，电极，杆，竿，相反的极端；vt.用竿支撑，用棒推；vi.撑篙

参考例句：

• The earth's poles are called the North Pole and the South Pole.地球的极点称作北极和南极。
• The horse broke away from my horse pole and ran wild.这匹烈马挣断了我的套马杆狂奔起来。

6 pneumonia   

n.肺炎

参考例句：

• Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。
• Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。